Philip Shannon, licensee of The Albert Hotel in Anlaby Road, west Hull, collapsed and was "critically ill" 12 minutes after being allegedly punched in the face by Lewis Green, with what witnesses describe as an "upper cut", in the early hours of September 2, 2017, Hull Crown Court has heard.

Prosecutors say Green, 25, had earlier punched another drinker in the face in the pub, pushed a woman to the floor outside, who banged her head on railings, and pushed a doorman over before the alleged assault on Mr Shannon, which left him bleeding from the mouth and nose and with a vertical rip the length of his shirt.

Police forensic teams cordoned off part of Anlaby Road near the Albert Hotel after the alleged attack

Although police performed CPR on the landlord, he had to wait up to 45 minutes for paramedics to arrive, the court was told.

Green, of Victor Street, east Hull, is on trial and denies inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault by beating. He has admitted a further charge of affray.

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Giving evidence in his defence on the third day of the trial on Wednesday, Green was asked by his barrister, Stephen Robinson, about returning to the front of the pub bare-chested and trying to get in, moments after he had been ejected at the rear.

CCTV footage played to the court shows him approaching the front doors at speed before turning and pushing a woman to the ground, who knocked her head on railings.

Green said: "I thought Liam [friend] was still in the pub with my keys. I tried pushing the doors open. They were obviously locked up so I turned round. As soon as I turned round there's this girl right in my face, Liam's sister, and I pushed."

"What have you got to say about that sort of behaviour?" Mr Robinson asked.

"It's disgusting," said Green.

Police outside The Albert Hotel (Image: Hull Live)

Asked why he was not wearing his shirt, Green, who occasionally mumbled and had to be told to speak up, said: "My shirt was ripped, hanging off. I took it off."

"You didn't take it off as a show of strength or anything?" Mr Robinson asked.

"No, not at all," Green said.

Green said he was in east Hull when police called him days later to say Mr Shannon had suffered a heart attack.

Lewis Green arrives at Hull Crown Court

The court heard he was arrested at a caravan park in Withernsea at 5pm on September 27. Told he was being arrested on suspicion of assault and then cautioned, he replied: "How did you know I was here?" the court heard.

Asked by Mr Robinson how he came to be in Withernsea, Green said: "When I didn't initially know they was blaming me I thought I was gonna be arrested for everything else I'd done that night, and when they told me I was being arrested for that, I thought 'This can't be happening, no'.

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